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MH370: Jet search still 'remains priority'

China's special envoy Zhang Yesui leaves after a meeting with Malaysian government officials and authorities working on the missing Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 at Putra World Trade Center in Kuala Lumpur March 26, 2014.

He also said he hoped that Malaysia would provide "comprehensive and correct" information that the Boeing 777-200 crashed into the southern Indian Ocean with all lives lost, as announced by Najib on Monday night.

Zhang, who arrived in the Malaysian capital on the instructions of President Xi Jinping, also met Malaysia's acting transport minister, Hishammuddin Hussein, and Malaysia Airlines executives.

The plane has been missing shortly after taking off on March 8 from Kuala Lumpur for Beijing with 239 people on board, including 154 Chinese nationals.

The latest sightings came as planes and ships stepped up the hunt.

Hishammuddin told a news conference: "We have now had four separate satellite leads, from Australia, China and France, showing possible debris. It is now imperative that we link the debris to MH370.

Blackbox locator days away from MH370 search zone

A Royal Australian Air Force AP-3C Orion conducts a low level fly-by before dropping supplies to Australian Navy ship HMAS Toowoomba as they continue to search for missing Malaysian Airlines flight MH370

Search and rescue officials in Australia are confident they know the approximate position of the black box recorders from missing Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370, Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott said on Friday.

Leading Seaman Aircrewman Joel Young is lowered into the water from Australian Navy ship HMAS Toowoomba's S-70B-2 Seahawk helicopter, Tiger 75, to retrieve possible debris as they continue to search for the missing Malaysian Airlines flight MH370

A Royal Australian Air Force AP-3C Orion flying past Australian Defence Vessel Ocean Shield on a mission to drop sonar buoys to assist in the acoustic search for missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 in the southern Indian Ocean.

The hunt for missing Malaysian Airlines Flight MH370 is on track to cost hundreds of millions of dollars, becoming the most expensive search in aviation history with 26 countries contributing planes, ships, submarines and satellites to the international effort.

Two fresh signals have been picked up Australian ship Ocean Shield in the search for missing Malaysian flight MH370, raising hopes that wreckage will be found within days even as black box batteries start to expire.

Angus Houston, head of the Joint Agency Coordination Centre leading the search for missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370, listens as Commodore Peter Leavy of the Royal Australian Navy, speaks at a media conference in Perth on April 9.

Able Seaman Clearance Divers Matthew Johnston (R) and Michael Arnold from the Australian Defence Vessel Ocean Shield scanning the water for debris of the missing Malaysia Airlines Flight MH 370 in the southern Indian Ocean.

A helicopter leaving the flight deck of HMAS SUCCESS as it completes a replenishment at Sea with Royal Malaysian Navy frigate KD Lekiu whilst taking part in the search for missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 in the southern Indian Ocean.

Commander James Lybrand (2/L), Mission Commander on the Australian Defence Vessel Ocean Shield, watching as Mike Unzicker (L) from Phoenix International monitors the feed from the towed pinger locator during the search for missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 in the southern Indian Ocean.

The NDV Ocean Shield has detected new underwater signals consistent with aircraft black boxes, the search chief said on April 7, describing it as the "most promising lead" so far in the month-old hunt for missing Flight MH370.

Angus Houston (2nd L), head of the Joint Agency Coordination Centre leading the search for missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370, and Commodore Peter Leavy (L) of the Royal Australian Navy attend a media conference in Perth on April 6

Two vessels were searching underwater for missing Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 on Saturday, as air and sea missions failed to find any sign of the plane and the clock ticked on the signal from its black box.

The towed pinger locator (TPL-25) is towed behind the Australian Defence Vessel Ocean Shield in the southern Indian Ocean during the search for the flight data recorder and cockpit voice recorder of the missing Malaysian Airlines flight MH370

Japanese ground crew prepare one of their nation's Air Force Orion planes for takes off from Pearce Airbase in Bullsbrook, 35 km north of Perth, to join the hunt for the missing MH370 plane in the Indian Ocean

The Australian Defence Vessel Ocean Shield is tasked to drag a U.S. Navy Supervisor of Salvage and Diving towed pinger locator, an undersea Navy drone to help locate the black box pinger from sunken wreckage of Flight MH370,

A Malaysia Airlines plane is pictured at Perth International Airport as a Chinese People's Liberation Army Air Force aircraft (rear) moved past following a search for missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370.

Republic of Korea Navy (ROKN) personnel unload a P-3C Orion maritime patrol aircraft at the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) Base Pearce, before flying over the southern Indian Ocean to participate in the search for missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370

Severe weather halted an air and sea search for a Malaysia Airlines passenger jet presumed crashed in the southern Indian Ocean, frustrating hopes of finding what new satellite images showed could be a large debris field.

New satellite images have revealed more than 100 objects in the southern Indian Ocean that could be debris from a Malaysian jetliner missing for 18 days, while planes scouring the frigid seas also reported seeing potential wreckage.

Malaysian Lieutenant General Ackbal Samad shows a map showing possible track of Malaysia Airlines MH370 to relatives of passengers aboard the missing plane, during a briefing by Malaysian government at Lido Hotel in Beijing

A Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force AP-3C Orion arrives back at RAAF Base Peace at Bullsbrook, after continuing the search for debris or wreckage of the missing Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 in the Indian Ocean

Britain's Inmarsat used a wave phenomenon discovered in the nineteenth century to analyse the seven pings its satellite picked up from Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 to determine its final destination.

This graph released by the Malaysian authorities shows the following: The blue line is the burst frequency offset measured at the ground station for MH370, the green line is the predicted burst frequency offset for the southern route, which over the last 6 handshakes show close correlation with the measured values for MH370. The red line is the predicted burst frequency offset for the northern route, which over the last 6 handshakes does not correlate with the measured values for MH370.

Wild weather halted the search on March 25 for wreckage from the Malaysia Airlines jet that crashed into the Indian Ocean, frustrating attempts to determine why it veered off course and bring closure to grieving relatives.

A Rigid Hull Inflatable Boat is launched by the crew of the Australian Navy ship, HMAS Success, as it travels to investigate a potential object sighting in the southern Indian Ocean during the search for missing Malaysian Airlines flight MH370

Crew members of the Australian Navy ship, HMAS Success, look out from the deck after a potential sighting was reported in the southern Indian Ocean during the search for missing Malaysian Airlines flight MH370

The Australian Maritime Safety Authority (AMSA) said gale force winds, heavy rain and low cloud meant planes could not fly safely, and heavy seas meant an Australian navy ship was leaving the area where possible debris had been sighted on Monday.

Crew members on board an RAAF AP-3C Orion working out their critical fuel figures whilst transiting at high altitude on what was to be an 11 hour search mission for missing Malaysia Airways flight MH370 over the Indian Ocean.

The air and sea search for Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 that crashed in the Indian Ocean was suspended on March 25 due to gale force winds, rain and big waves, the Australian Maritime Safety Authority said.

An RAAF AP-3C Orion at high altitude transiting back to RAAF Pearce airbase in Perth, Western Australia having just completed an 11 hour search mission for missing Malaysia Airways Flight MH370 over the Indian Ocean.

Crew members on board an RAAF AP-3C Orion crossing the coast of Perth, having just completed an 11 hour search mission for missing Malaysia Airways flight MH370 before landing at the RAAF Pearce airbase in Perth.

Malaysian Transport Minister Hishammuddin Hussein shows a note from the Chinese ambassador stating that they have received new satellite images during the search for missing Malaysia Airlines (MAS) flight MH370

Acting Australian Prime Minister Warren Truss holds a press conference at the RAAF Base Pearce after meeting with pilots, crew and maintenance personnel of the RAAF Orions currently searching for the missing Malaysian Airlines MH370

A RNZAF Orion takes off from Royal Australian Air Force Base Pearce in Bullsbrook, some 35 kms north of Perth, as air force flights searching for missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 in the Indian Ocean

RAAF Loadmasters, Sergeant Roberts and Flight Sergeant Mancey, launch a 'Self Locating Data Marker Buoy' from a C-130J Hercules aircraft in the southern Indian Ocean during the search for missing MH370

RAAF Pilot Flying Officer Dudman monitors the systems of a RAAF C-130J Hercules aircraft as it prepares to launch two Self Locating Data Marker Buoys in the southern Indian Ocean during the search for missing Malaysian Airlines flight MH370

Royal Australian Air Force Navigation and Communications Officer, Flying Officer Brittany Sharpe from 10 Squadron, coordinates all communications between her AP-3C Orion and other aircraft involved in the search for missing Malaysian Airlines flight MH370

RAAF crew members from of an AP-3C Orion maritime patrol aircraft walk down a ladder after they arrived in Perth after searching an area in the southern Indian Ocean for signs of Malaysia Airlines flight MH370

Members of the media set up their equipment at the the entrance of Royal Australian Air Force Base Pearce in Bullsbrook, some 35 kms north of Perth, as air force flights searching for Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 in the Indian Ocean leave and arrive the base on March 21, 2014.

Australian officials said the objects were spotted by satellite in one of the remotest parts of the globe, around 2,500 km southwest of Perth in the vast oceans between Australia, southern Africa and Antarctica.

Air Commodore John McGarry (left) listens as John Young, Australian Maritime Safety Aiuthority emergency response general manager, speaks to the media about the discovery from satellite imagery of objects possibly related to the search for the missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 in Canberra

Royal Australian Air Force Airborne Electronics Analyst Flight Sergeant Tom Stewart from 10 Squadron watching a radar screen for signs of debris on board an AP-3C Orion over the Southern Indian Ocean during the search for missing Malaysian Airlines flight MH370.

Royal Australian Air Force Tactical Coordinator, Flying Officer Imray Cooray from 10 Squadron coordinating the execution of a search for the missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 on board an AP-3C Orion over the Southern Indian Ocean.

The Royal Malaysian Navy corvette KD Terengganu and a U.S. Navy MH-60R Sea Hawk helicopter from the US Navy guided-missile destroyer USS Pinckney conduct a coordinated air and sea search for a missing Malaysian Airlines jet in the Gulf of Thailand

Crew members from the Royal Malaysian Air Force prepare a Malaysian Air Force CN235 aircraft for a Search and Rescue operation to find the missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370, in the Straits of Malacca

A crew member from the Royal Malaysian Air Force uses binoculars onboard a Malaysian Air Force CN235 aircraft during a Search and Rescue operation to find the missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370, in the Straits of Malacca

Ground workers push a Vietnam Coast Guard Casa aircraft after a search operation for the missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 plane over the southern sea, at a military airport in Ho Chi Minh city on March 13, 2014.

Indonesian Air Force personnel aboard an Indonesian Air Force military surveillance aircraft over the Malacca Strait, a sea passageway between Indonesia and Malaysia, while searching for the missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 plane.

Students light candles as they hold placards in solidarity with families of the passengers of the missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 plane during a candle light vigil at the university belt in Manila on March 13, 2014.

At least 43 ships and 39 aircraft from Malaysia, Vietnam, Singapore, Thailand, China, the US, Indonesia, the Philippines, Australia and New Zealand have joined the search for the missing Boeing 777-200ER. India, Japan and Brunei joined the search operations on March 12.

Republic of Singapore Navy personnel participating in the search and rescue operations, approximately 380 nautical miles (700 kms) north of Singapore, in the South China Sea for the missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370.

Singapore Navy personnel participating in the search and rescue operations, approximately 380 nautical miles (700 kms) north of Singapore, in the South China Sea for the missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370.

Philippine Air Force crew aboard a C-130 plane scour the seas while flying over the western Philippines in the South China Sea as they help search efforts for the missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370.

A Philippine Air Force crew member aboard a C-130 plane scours the seas while flying over the western Philippines in the South China Sea as they help search efforts for the missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370.

A C-130 Hercules transport plane belonging to Japan's Air Self-Defense Force (ASDF) is seen at the ASDF base in Naha on Japan's southern island of Okinawa, before departing to help in the search for the missing Malaysian Airlines Boeing 777-200 plane

An Indonesian National Search and Rescue Agency boat patrols the Malacca Strait off Aceh province located in the area of northern Sumatra island in search for the missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370.

The search for a missing Malaysian jet swung northwest towards the Andaman Sea on March 12, far from its intended flight path, exposing Malaysia to mounting criticism that its response was in disarray.

At least 40 ships and 34 aircraft from Malaysia, Vietnam, Singapore, Thailand, China, the US, Indonesia, the Philippines, Australia and New Zealand have joined the search for the missing Boeing 777-200ER. On March 12, India announced that it is joining the search operations as well. No sign of the plane has been spotted so far.

Family members of passengers aboard Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 vote to set a deadline for the company to answer their requests, including providing solatium without additional conditions, at a hotel in Beijing

Surti Dahlianese, niece of Dutch national, Surti Dahlia, a passenger on the missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 looks at identity documents of her missing aunt Surti Dahlia while other Indonesian relatives watch television to monitor the latest developments on the missing aircraft from their residence in Medan city, located in Sumatra island.

Interpol Secretary General Ronald Kenneth Noble (2ndR) speaks next to the Police Services Executive Director Jean-Michel Louboutin (R), the Director of Operational Police Support Michel O'Connell (L) and the Chief of staff Roraima Andriani (2ndL) during a press conference where they display an image of two suspects from the missing Malaysia Airlines MH370

Malaysia's Police Chief, Inspector General Khalid Abu Bakar told a news conference, that one of the men (L) was identified as a 19-year-old Iranian Pouria Nour Mohammad Mehrdad while the identity of the other was being investigated.

An aerial view of an oil spill is seen from a Vietnamese Air Force aircraft in the search area for a missing Malaysia Airlines plane, 250km from Vietnam and 190km from Malaysia, in this handout photo from Thanh Nien Newpaper taken on March 8, 2014.

Fuad Sharuji, VP Operation Control, said during the last reported contact at 35,000 feet, around two hours from KLIA, there was no call from the crew or notification from the tower that they were having any kind of difficulties.

"We deeply regret that we have lost all contacts with flight MH370 which departed Kuala Lumpur at 12.41 am earlier this morning bound for Beijing," MAS CEO Ahmad Jauhari Yahya (above) said in a statement.

An airport worker writes on a sign board advising relatives of passengers of a missing Malaysia Airlines to go to a nearby hotel for information on the flight, at Beijing International Airport in Beijing on March 8, 2014

Malaysia's Department of Civil Aviation (DCA) Director General Datuk Azharuddin Abdul Rahman (L) speaks at a news conference at a hotel near the Kuala Lumpur International Airport in Sepang March 9, 2014.

Deputy commander of Vietnam Air Force Do Minh Tuan (seated), looks at a map on a TV screen during a news conference about their mission to find missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 at Phu Quoc Airport on Phu Quoc Island

Deputy commander of Vietnam Air Force Do Minh Tuan points to a map during a news conference after their mission to find the missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 at Phu Quoc Airport on Phu Quoc Island

Crew members looking outside windows from a Malaysian Air Force CN235 aircraft working during a search and rescue (SAR) operation to find the missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 plane over the Strait of Malacca.